Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/tigernos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Possibly from *tiger (“raid”) +‎ *-īnos. The former could be from *teigeti (“to go”).^[1]

Noun

*tigernos m^[1]^[2]

lord, ruler

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tigernos	*tigernou	*tigernoi
vocative	*tigerne	*tigernou	*tigernoi
accusative	*tigernom	*tigernou	*tigernons
genitive	*tigernī	*tigernous	*tigernom
dative	*tigernūi	*tigernobom	*tigernobos
locative	*tigernei	*?	*?
instrumental	*tigernū	*tigernobim	*tigernūis

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *tɨɣern, *teɣɨrn
- Old Breton: *tiarn, *tiern
  - Middle Breton: tiern
    - Breton: tiern
- Old Welsh: *tigern
  - Middle Welsh: teern, teyrn
    - Welsh: teyrn
Primitive Irish: ᚈᚔᚌᚔᚏᚅ (tigirn)
- Old Irish: tigern
  - → tigernae
    - Middle Irish: tigerna
      - Irish: tiarna
      - Manx: çhiarn
      - Scottish Gaelic: tighearna
Gaulish: *tigernos^[3]
- ⇒ Latin: Castrum Tigernum

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “tigerno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 378-379
^ Koch, John (2004) “*tigerno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 289
^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “tigerno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 296

[edpc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “tigerno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 378-379

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*tigerno-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 289

[3] Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “tigerno-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 296

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